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Learning to read in Greek
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(24 ratings)
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Learning to read in Greek

Greek alphabet and basic pronunciation and punctuation rules.
Created byElena Limperis
Last updated 2/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • First, you will learn the Greek alphabet: the names and pronunciation of the letters, as well as how different they are from the letters of the English alphabet
  • Then, you will learn how to pronounce the basic VOWEL combinations in Greek.
  • After that, you'll learn how to pronunounce the basic CONSONANT combinations in Greek.
  • Finally, learn how different Greek punctuation is from other European languages, some rules about the word stress and why we use double dots above some vowels.
  • You will practise writng Greek letters and some words as well as reading together with the instructor.
  • As a result, you will become a confident reader in Greek as you'll know all the basic rules.

Course content

6 sections • 7 lectures • 53m total length

  • Introduction1:01
  • Reading Challenge4:03

    Before starting learning pronunciation rules you might already be able to read some things in Greek as some letters are similar. Why not give a try?! :-)

Requirements

  • No prior knowledge of Greek needed. You can take this course before you start or while learning Greek.

Description

This is a short self-paced course that will teach you to read in Greek confidently. I created it for those who have just started learning Greek or intend to start learning it in the future.


It starts with a challenge, the goal of which is to demonstrate to you that you already CAN read in Greek, with some mistakes though. Then there is a video lesson devoted to the Greek alphabet, where we’ll analyze the alphabet comparing it to the English alphabet. This first video lesson is complemented with several resources created by me, such as a writing handbook that can be printed out and short videos for you to practise pronouncing and writing the letters. There is a video with numbers from 0 to 9 too (you’ll understand why you need it from the first lesson).


Next two video lessons are devoted to vowel and consonant letter combinations. There are not too many of them, which is why it is quite easy to learn to read in Greek fast. The fourth video lesson is about punctuation. You’ll find out another pleasant thing about reading in Greek (which was created actually by Ancient Greeks in order to help foreigners learn their language).


Lastly, there is a revision video lesson where I added more practice to the theory.


Enjoy the course! Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask them in the messages or on my social media.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner learners of Greek language
  • Travellers to Greek speaking countries
  • Polyglots who haven't learnt Greek yet

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